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07-16-2011 #1
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Think I cooked my transmission
Any quick fixes???
Participating in Heidts Challenge right now! If I give the car a lot of throttle is doesn't want to go anywhere. If I ease into the throttle, seems better. This is also my ride home! HELP!
Todd Longfellow
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07-16-2011 #2
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Is this an automatic transmission we're talking about?
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07-18-2011 #3
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Put some of that Lucas Auto Trans Additive in it and take it easy 'till you get home ..
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07-18-2011 #4
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Yeah, probably should have mentioned that it was a 4L60E, but I was a little frantic at the moment... Called all over on Saturday trying to find a shop that was open with no luck. I limped to the nearest Jiffy Lube, and had them do a quick tranny fluid flush. Kinda got 1st & 2nd gear back, but not enough to drive it home. I ended up talking my brother into coming out to Joliet, about an hour from home, and trailering it back.
Weighing my options now...Todd Longfellow
07-19-2011 #5
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Burned out the clutch packs? Did you smell the fluid before having Jiffy Lube work on it?
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Yep. Toast.
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07-19-2011 #7
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Pretty sure I burned out the clutch packs. Smelly and smokey. (Names of 2 new dwarves?
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Looking into my options whether to rebuild my 4L60E with a cooler or go 4L80E. Only pushing about 380 hp/380 ft. lb. tq., so I don't think I need anything real beefy... yet.Todd Longfellow
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Oooooh, no I haven't. Thanks!
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4l60 barely hold up behind a 4 cylinder in a Sonoma truck, wrong choice in trans, modify it an add clutch packs, vette servo, "The Beast" sun shell, trans go shift kit and a cooler, might last then,
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